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Rathoe

Fairy fort / earthen ringfort

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What is recorded here

In rough pasture, in a forest clearing at the NW end of an elevated ridge with extensive views in all directions. The rath was described during a previous site inspection in 1992 as a circular area (diam. 24m) defined by the remains of an inner (Wth 4.5m; int. H 1.2m; ext. H 1.5m) and outer (Wth 1.5m; int. H 1.3m; ext. H 1.8m) earthen bank and an intervening fosse (Wth 3m). There was an entrance (Wth 1.6m) noted at SE (SMR (1989) file). The perimeter of the rath is now densely covered with overgrowth and inaccessible, except for a limited area at the centre which is under high grass and rushes.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL034-017

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Wanfried-Dublin, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Gillaween, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • Oliver Dixon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • David Perez, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
  • Willow, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Jon Sullivan, Wikimedia Commons · CC0

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